Did your PA legislators attend?

As you heard here there was a hearing entitled “What Should Pennsylvania Be Doing to Address Climate Change” this week in the Capitol building in Harrisburg on the State Climate Plan. We’re very pleased it happened.

Board member Rachel Mark (one of at least 5 members of PA IPL in attendance) reported back:

Dr. Richard Alley (seen here in 45 important seconds of his keynote presentation at PA IPL’s Annual Conference 2012), climate scientist and glaciologist, presented theassessment report. He is optimistic that people are beginning to understand the crisis we are facing, and the need to act. I hope he is right. People are recognizing that we are seeing changes now. However, if we keep doing what we are doing, the changes and damages will be huge. There are uncertainties in the science community about how bad things will be, but the uncertainties lie on the bad sad. It won’t get

better, the question is, how much worse will it get. Some of subsequent speakers today talked about national security and how many people involved in national security view climate change as a number one threat.

House Representatives attending the climate hearing , House Representatives included Greg Vitali and Harrisburg’s Patty Kim. I am optimistic that we now have someone in Harrisburg who may understand the critical need for change.